When I was younger, I was obsessed with Henna tattoos (and had permanently stained fingertips!). However, if you’re going to have a full-on tattoo, you should view the decision as one which should not be made lightly.
For all intents and purposes, tattoos are permanent, unless you want to undergo sometimes painful (and usually expensive) removal treatment. Historically, it’s been laser removal, though recently there have been other methods suggested. This resource appears to have very happy customers.
However, to avoid this problem in the first place, it is VITAL vital (yes, nearly a shout!) that you put as much thought into it as possible.
This means doing a brainstorm of what designs appeal to you. It also means checking on-line for inspiration. There are plenty of sites which give away free designs, but everyone has access to them, so they cease to be unique or of much interest. As someone who is serious about having a tattoo, you should really consider joining an on-line community which will provide you with plenty of design ideas. You can then use them to come up with your final design.
Here’s a quick run-down of my top three recommendations – the good, the great and the excellent:
THE GOOD = Chopper Tattoo
- large pool of original designs
- easy-to-use site
THE GREAT = Tattoo Designs
- huge stash of tattoo designs
- on-line phrase translator (English to Chinese, Arabic and Hebrew!)
- free audio guide and e-book when you sign up
THE EXCELLENT = Tattoo Me Now
- large database of designs
- discussion forum (where you can chat to others like you and get more ideas)
- members gallery (to get more inspiration and show off your awesome tat once inked on)
- videos
- tool to find your local tattoo parlor
Each has its own strengths, but Tattoo Me Now appears to provide the fullest service to someone needing as much information as possible.
Happy researching – remember, a tattoo is for life, not just for the time you’re in the chair or for when you have this book! 
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Choosing the perfect lower back tattoo design can be hard. However, help is at hand with this excellent search tool from Tattoo Designs US! Click here for Tattoo Designs US!
Choosing the perfect lower back tattoo design can be hard. However, help is at hand with this excellent search tool from Tattoo Designs US! Click here for Tattoo Designs US!There are three key decisions any tattoo enthusiast will need to make.
FIRST DECISION: The first is whether to get tattooed in the first place. Just because you adore tattoos, you do not necessarily have to be tattooed yourself. You can affix temporary tattoos, or just simply admire the tattoos of others. Indeed, if you are not yet old enough to be tattooed, you will need to wait until you are – I know the feeling; but the wait is well worth it There are many things to consider, which this helpful guide brings together.
SECOND DECISION: The second is where on your body you should get tattooed. As outlined throughout this blog, my preference is for tattoos on the lower back because it’s the centre of your female creative energy and is sensual, but also very discrete when needed.
THIRD DECISION: The final decision is what design you should be tattooed with. This whole site is full of ideas for you to consider. However, you will also need to consider other sites and resources to give yourself as many options as possible.
Each of these steps will ensure you find a tattoo you are happy with and which will stand the test of time!
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Pictures, names and animals are all very popular and can be incorporated into many lower back tattoo designs. However, over the last decade or so, many more people have moved away from objects inked onto their skin. These people have seen the benefits of inking on tattoo symbols.
So, what is a tattoo symbol? Well, strictly speaking, there are many types of tattoo symbols around. There are some old school tattoo symbols which include the generic objects like a skull, roses, patriotic symbols and the like. And there are some symbols which are comprised of foreign languages or tribal symbols.
Foreign languages, including Chinese and Japanese, are very popular choices as the symbols are beautiful. As you have decided to tattoo your lower back, you have the option of incorporating more than one symbol (and the option of having such symbols connected in whatever curvaceous way you choose).
As discussed previously, when choosing a symbol to have inked-on, make sure you check and check and check what the symbol means. There’s an old story of a famous car manufacturer who started selling cars in a non-English speaking country. They used the same car brand and didn’t check if the car brand had a particular meaning in this foreign country. This was a big mistake as the brand of car meant “won’t go” in the local language. Naturally, the car didn’t sell very well!
This is equally important for you. Imagine going away to an exotic destination for your vacation and stripping down to your bikini on the beach only to be laughed at/screamed at/burnt alive (ok, the last one we jest – hopefully!) because your tattoo has a particular meaning in your vacation’s destination.
To reduce the problem of having to have vacations in places where the meaning of your tattoo is not impolite, do some research beforehand.
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Choosing the perfect lower back tattoo design can be hard. However, help is at hand with this excellent search tool from Tattoo Designs US! Click here for Tattoo Designs US!
Choosing the perfect lower back tattoo design can be hard. However, help is at hand with this excellent search tool from Tattoo Designs US! Click here for Tattoo Designs US! There are few flowers more beautiful, more scented or more symbolic than a rose. Their deep red petals, curving seductively above a stem of harsh thorns, are given to lovers and dear friends as a sign of love.
On stage, on screen and in the street, you will have seen many examples of women with rose tattoos. You will therefore appreciate the huge array of different rose tattoo designs to choose from. They can be whatever size you want.
Roses are an excellent tattoo to have inked on your lower back. The femininity of the petals, along with their color and beauty are a perfect accompaniment to the sensuous curves of your lower back. It is a personal choice whether their stems with sharp thorns are included in the design, but I would recommend that they are for two reasons.
The first is that the stem can provide some curve to cover the width of the tattoo. Roses (whether colored or not) can populate the length of the stem or could be located purely in the centre, in the small of your back. If you choose not to include a stem, you will be restricting the size of your tattoo, but if you are after a smaller tattoo on your lower back, this is one of the rose tattoo designs you might want to consider.
The second is that the thorny stem is a beautiful contract to not only the soft elegance of the rose, but also to the soft femininity of a very tender and private area of your body. It shows that you are strong yet feminine.
Many people are undecided as to whether their rose tattoo should incorporate color. Obviously, it’s your tattoo, but I would suggest that color be kept to a minimum. It’s much more beautiful to see a colorless stem accompanied by beautifully stark colored petals. If you are having more than one flower-head, you might consider designs which limit the color to appearing on just one of the flower-heads. Less can be more.
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When you’re on the cusp of narrowing down all of the lower back tattoo designs that appeal to you, you should make sure that you’ve also considered the traditional tattoo designs (better known as the ‘old school tattoo designs’).
Sure, some people love the new tribal symbol they’ve just created, but what about the tattoos that have stood the test of time? Surely, the old school tattoo designs are old school and still around because they are popular?
Obviously, not all of the old school designs will be appropriate for your lower back. Let’s take an obvious example like a skull.
Many thousands of people have been inked on their arms, shoulders, chests and upper backs with skulls, but a big skull in the middle of your lower back may not be the best choice unless that’s exactly what you’re after (and who am I to question that?).
If you’re set on skulls, how about a procession of tiny skulls marching across your lower back in a sweeping and symmetrical arch? How about having each of those skulls with a slightly different facial expression? Are they all black or are some colored?
A couple of excellent old school designs that would be good choices for your lower back (without many changes) are barbed wire and rose stems. They could be gently curving around the small of your back and caress the top of your butt. The barbed wire would be in great contrast to the femininity of its placing, and rose stems would be an excellent way to accentuate femininity, but accompany it with some less vulerable notes. After all, what woman is vulnerable all of the time?
What I’m getting at is that you can seek inspiration from the old school designs and make them into something more unique for you. Now go have some fun!
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One of the most popular lower back tattoo designs is to have a lower back butterfly tattoo.
As you can appreciate, these are more the preserve of women (but if you’re a man and you want a lower back butterfly tattoo, then go for it!).
Butterflies are a unique symbol across the world of evolution and beauty. They start as small, ugly little green slug-like creatures, yet become something beautiful, colorful and full of grace. They are delicate and precious, and come in many many hundreds of different colors. This provides furtive ground for making your choice.
The best place to start choosing your new tattoo is the internet. You should check out different sorts of butterflies and print out pictures of ones your find attractive. You should bear in mind that your skin tone will make each color look slightly different, and it’s important to focus on the fact that, whilst your friends may prefer one sort of tattoo, you are the person who will be living with it, so you are the person who has to be happy with your choice.
Obviously, you do not have to have a butterfly tattoo on your lower back, but your lower back is an ideal place to have it given the sensuous curves of your hips and upper butt. The wings of your butterfly can mirror your curves and, in many cases, can be used to accentuate your curves whilst reducing the perception of size – they draw the eyes inwards!
Many women choose to have a lower back butterfly tattoo because of the beauty of such a creature. However, in making this decision, they are also allowing themselves to be inked with a symbol of grace and and delicacy in an intimate area of their body. It symbolizes their femininity and, having such a delicate creature behind them, heightens the sense of fragility.
In short, a butterfly tattoo on your lower back is a very feminine tattoo to have.
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If you’re considering having a tattoo inked onto your skin, there are two main things you need to decide on first of all (before choosing which tattoo salon to be inked at):
- which body part should be inked?
AND
- what should you be inked with?
Obviously, I’m mad crazy about lower back tattoos (hence why this site is all about lower back tattoo designs!), so I’m biased and reckon you should have your lower back inked! If you’re thinking about being inked elsewhere (gasp!), you should make your choice based on what you feel most comfortable with. Discuss it with your partner, your friends and the trusty professionals from the tattoo salon you decide to ink you.
In terms of what you should be inked with, it’s key to ensure that you are 100% happy with your choice. Many people have logos or names inked on, only to regret them after a few years/months/days!
However, choosing to have a tribal tattoo on your lower back is an excellent idea. There’s a huge selection of different lower back tribal tattoos to choose from (and your local tattoo salon will have many, many examples for you to take a look at).
Where do you start? Well, it’s obviously important for you to like the look of the tattoo you set your heart on.
You could go for a genuine tribal tattoo (i.e. one used in an ancient African/Asian/etc tribe). If you do this, you should bear in mind that many of the tribal tattoos you will see in books and on other people have particular meanings, so you must check (double-check and then check again!) to ensure that you know exactly what your tattoo means, and whether you are happy to have that meaning inked across your lower back. Try as they may, not all tattoo salons will have accurate records 100% of the time, so do your own research as you will be the one with the message stamped across your back!
If you decide to go for a ‘tribal themed’ tattoo (i.e. one you or the tattoo salon have created as a custom tattoo design), then you should still check to ensure it doesn’t have any hidden meanings (or, if it does, that you are happy with them).
Lower back tribal tattoos can be delicate works of art, so make sure you do lots of research to ensure you never regret the tattoo you set your heart on!
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Body art and tattoos are all about you! That’s right: you’re the person in the driving seat. You get to choose exactly what you want to be inked with. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?
However, this much choice can leave potential inkers feeling a bit overwhelmed: “where should I be inked?”, “what should I be inked with?”, “what color should the ink be?”, “who should ink me?”.
photo credit: amy_bWe’ve all been there. Tattoo salons are a great place to get some inspiration, and they will have plenty of designs which they’ll be prepared to customize just for you into some custom tattoo designs. Another great place is to check out the people in your local neighborhood: do they have designs that inspire you or motivate you?
However, the best resource for coming up with custom tattoo designs is… YOU! Use your imagination and be as crazy as you want – jot down ideas and sketches and then go from there. Take some time using this approach as your views may change, but take these to a tattoo salon and get some feedback from the tattoo artists. They’ve seen it all before and are an invaluable resource to help you focus your ideas and get the most from your ink.
If you set your heart on a particular type of tattoo, don’t let anyone dissuade you from getting it, but make sure you listen to what people’s comments are (particularly at the tattoo salon) to give you an idea of what feedback you may get when you have the tattoo inked onto your skin.
Even though you may intend your new tattoo to be in your lower back region, it doesn’t mean that no one will see it! When choosing your favorite lower back tattoo designs, be sure to choose a tattoo that you feel comfortable with showing people.
Choosing the perfect lower back tattoo design can be hard. However, help is at hand with this excellent search engine from Tattoo Me Now! Click here for Tattoo Me Now!
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Tattoos are everywhere! We see them in magazines, on celebrities and every day on the streets. However, we come into contact with many more tattoos than we realize.
This is because many people have chosen to be inked on their lower back. This isn’t the preserve of pop starlets, but a growing trend among both women and men.
Obviously, more women have lower back tattoos, but many men also choose to express themselves on their lower back. Why? Because you choose exactly what you want to be inked with and you can choose who sees it and when.
You don’t have to have a butterfly or a flower; you can have barbed wire or someone’s name. There are so many lower back tattoo designs to choose from that there aren’t enough lower backs in the world to put them on!
Whilst many people opt for the more traditional sorts of lower back tattoos that they’ve seen other people inked with, it’s a great idea to think long and hard about which of the many lower back tattoo designs you’ll settle on. The decision should not be taken lightly, as the tattoo will be with you until you depart this fair planet, unless you want to go down the route of having expensive and (usually) painful removal treatment.
The main advantage of having a lower back tattoo is that it can be more subtle than the other places on our bodies where we could be inked. The lower back is a more sensuous place (for both girls and guys), and it’s easy to alter our clothing to cover or uncover that tattoo should we wish. It’s also quite a large space, so there are many lower back tattoo designs to choose from: freedom and an opportunity to express ourselves as boldly or as subtly as we want.
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